Alfred Wallis painted 'for company' after his wife died, he painted anything - cardboard, wood, his tea tray, fire bellows - with household or boat paint (hence the limited colour palette which gives a sense of identity when viewing his paintings). He wasn't limited by perspective or proportion, his 'canvas' was irregularly shaped (I pulled this image from the Internet and they have 'squared' the image). I really like the irregularity and naivity of his paintings. He painted scenes from his memory (he had been a fisherman) and his images really captured the 'splash' of the sea. At the time (1930s) neighbours and family were disparaging, but he worked on - and then he was 'discovered' by Ben Nicholson and Christopher Wood. He died in a poor house - what's it all about?
I use repurposed textiles for my work - but in future I'll try using something a little more obviously repurposed to give an added dimension.
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